Maternal health in Malawi - in pictures

The
State of the World's Midwives report provides the first comprehensive analysis of midwifery services in countries where the needs are greatest. Data gathered from 58 countries confirms that the world lacks around 350,000 skilled midwives.
Interact Worldwide has worked in partnership with local organisations in Malawi to ensure people from poor, rural communities can access mother and newborn health services

Monday 20 June 2011 11.50 EDT
First published on Monday 20 June 2011 11.50 EDT

The
Closing the Gaps project, funded by the Big Lottery, ensures people from poor, rural communities can access maternal health services that are free of charge or subsidised. The project is being run in Malawi. In Mulanje, outside a local health centre, a group uses dance and theatre to educate mothers about preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV